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[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The reality is that American english pronunciation of "Zee" is globally more popular than british english "Zed". As a descriptivist for linguistics, I believe language IS how it's used, not how it ought to be used. So I was being over-the-top calling "Zed" a mispronunciation. But it's just as, if not more, wrong to call "Zee" the mispronunciation too.

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

That's reasonable; I'll take it.

[-] Sidyctism@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

A compelling argument no doubt.

But dragonball Zed sounds better than dragonball Zee, so youre still wrong

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